This article provides information on the latest posting of AMD’s software
suite, AMD Catalyst™ 11.6. This particular software suite updates both the AMD
display driver, and the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision™ Engine Control
Center. This unified driver has been updated to provide enhanced level of power,
performance, and reliability.

The AMD display driver and the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision
Engine Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other.
However, for better stability and performance AMD recommends that both
components be updated from the same AMD Catalyst release.

The AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center
requires that the Microsoft® .NET Framework SP1 be installed for Windows XP
and Windows Vista. Without .NET SP1 installed, the AMD Catalyst Control
Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center will not launch properly and the
user will see an error message.

Notes:

When installing the AMD Catalyst driver for Windows operating system,
the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator rights to
complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst driver.

AMD Eyefinity™ technology gives gamers access to high display
resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics horsepower required to drive
the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending
on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption
and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.

Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers are no longer bundled in the AMD
Catalyst™ software suite. The WDM drivers install bundle can be downloaded
independently through the AMD website

AMD Product Compatibility

The AMD Catalyst driver is compatible with the following AMD products:

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility

AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series of products

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series of products

AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4670 Series of products

AMD Radeon HD 6500 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4650 Series of products

AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series of products

AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4550 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4350 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 2900 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 2600 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4890 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 Series of products

AMD FireStream™ Product Families

AMD FireStream 9350 Series of products

AMD FireStream 9250 Series of products

AMD FireStream 9270 Series of products

AMD FireStream 9170 Series of products

AMD Chipset Product Families

ATI Radeon HD 4290 Series of products

ATI Radeon 3200 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4250 Series of products

ATI Radeon 3100 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 4200 Series of products

ATI Radeon 3000 Series of products

ATI Radeon HD 3300 Series of products

AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility

Catalyst™ Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited
support for system vendor specific features. When used with Windows Vista or
Windows 7, users may have unwanted experiences.

The Installation Verification Software will prevent driver download on
certain notebook products. This is to protect against the installing of drivers
that may disable features or functionality provided by the system manufacturer.
If unwanted experiences occur using Catalyst™ Mobility, it is recommended to
revert back to the driver provided by your system vendor for your specific
platform. Please contact your system vendor for the most recent drivers for your
notebook.

AMD Mobility Product Families

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6900M Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6800M Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6300M Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3800 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6300 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3600 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6200 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5700 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3100 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5600 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5100 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 Series of products

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4800 Series of products

ATI PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4600 Series of products using AMD chipsets

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series of products

The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:

Any notebook launched after this driver release

Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel® chipsets.

Toshiba® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support
for these notebooks)

Sony® VAIO® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver
support for these notebooks)

Panasonic® notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support
for these notebooks)

Compatible Operating Systems

The latest version of the AMD Catalyst software suite is designed to support
the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

Windows 7 32-bit version

Windows 7 64-bit version

Windows Vista 32-bit version

Windows Vista 64-bit version

Windows XP Professional

Windows XP Home Edition

Windows XP Media Center Edition

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 Windows release includes:

New Features:

AMD Steady Video

Steady Video is currently an AMD exclusive feature based on AMD APP
Technology

By applying advanced algorithms behind the scenes, users do not have
to deal with shaky or unstable video ever again!

Capabilities scale with hardware and are end user controlled

Image Stabilization brought to YouTube!

Decode Acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content

AMD has enabled decode acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content in
Microsoft video player applications (through MFT support) for all AMD
Radeon 6000 Series

Performance Enhancements:

Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 release includes:

Performance gains in Crysis of up to 7% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series
single card configurations.

Performance gains in F1 2010 of up to 8% in DirectX 11 mode on AMD
Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.

Performance gains in Far Cry 2 of up to 5% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series
products in single and Crossfire configurations.

Performance gains in HAWX of up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series
products in single and Crossfire configurations.

Performance gains in the Unigine OpenGL tests of up to 10% on AMD Radeon
HD 6000 series single card configurations.

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of
the AMD Catalyst 11.6 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

Flashing titles are no longer displayed when playing F1 2010 in a
Crossfire environment.